The Janesville, Wisconsin school superintendent has apologized for the showing of this video last month at a high school day to bring “attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools.”

“I found the video to be inappropriate and propaganda laden in addition to the left-wing political view,” grandparent Jo Yungerman wrote to the principal in a letter dated April 17 provided to the Wisconsin State Journal.

“The appropriate thing would be to present both sides of an issue or all sides of an issue, so that’s why I sent the apology, because I felt we did not follow board policy,” Superintendent Karen Schulte said.

A class adviser and the school’s principal had approved showing the film.

About the blogger

Bob Collins has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, emigrating to Minnesota from Massachusetts. He was senior editor of news in the ’90s, ran MPR’s political unit, created the MPR News regional website, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day laments that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

NewsCut is a blog featuring observations about the news. It provides a forum for an online discussion and debate about events that might not typically make the front page. NewsCut posts are not news stories.

Of course the trouble with proposing marriage comes from certain parts of the right wing when you propose it for “those people”. For some opponents, belief in the literal words of their book is non-negotiable and not required to be sensible. I don’t know how you ever persuade people like that. You can’t do it with facts and logic. You just have to outnumber them with the rest of society, and know that their point of view will mostly age out of the population as time passes.

Joe

I think the only thing marriage has in common with either political “wing” is chicken wings

Dave

I’m curious — what is the “other” side of this issue?

DavidG

Westboro?

Joe

Bubble boy? We can’t teach our children about the Moops, they might fear them and start a war on terror.

Dave

I have no idea what that means.

Joe

Seinfeld/irrational fear reference

Joe

I take serious issue with the idea that schools should be teaching hate like this Schulte character is suggesting we begin to do, I don’t know what good can possibly come from schools overtly beginning to attack Jesus in our schools.

What about the title is suggestive? Clearly the title is implying that gays will burn in hell for all eternity because they’re so hot. What are you reading into it? I take everything, in English, literally.